Seminars for 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Dow Lecture Series
Professor William D. Jones (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Why Do Weaker Metal-Carbon Bonds Lead to More Stable Complexes? What’s Going On?
Abstract Host: William Tolman
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Student Seminar Series
Professor Robert Waymouth (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University, Stanford CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Catalysis: The Enabling Science for Polymer Synthesis
Abstract Host: Lindsay Johnson
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Daniel Figeys (web page)
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology
University of Ottawa, Ottawa Canada
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
The Brain Proteome: Technologies and Applications
Abstract Host: Edgar Arriaga
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Aldrich Chemicals Seminar in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Professor Vy Dong (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
A Few of My Favorite Rings: Catalysis Inspired by Natural Lactones and Lactams
Abstract Host: Christopher Douglas
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Student Seminar Series
Benjamin Gilbert, Ph.D. (web page)
Earth Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Ultrafast Pump-Probe Studies of Mineral Redox Reactions
Abstract Host: Jennifer Soltis
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Dow Lecture Series
Assistant Professor Theodor Agapie (web page)
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Synthetic Cluster Models of Biological and Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolving Catalysts
Abstract Host: Connie Lu & Valerie Pierre
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor David Vanden Bout (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Texas, Austin
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymer Aggregates: Building up Bulk Materials from Single Polymer Chains
Abstract Host: David Blank
Monday, March 10, 2014
Special Seminar
Assistant Professor Naoki Haraguchi (web page)
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences
Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi Japan
Time: 2:30 PM
Room: 117/119 Smith Hall
Molecular Design of Novel Polymeric Chiral Catalysts for Asymmetric Reaction
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Special Seminar
Assistant Professor Mitchell Croatt (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Discovery, Design, and Desperation: Three Excellent Tools for New Reactions
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Michael Krische (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Texas, Austin
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Formation of C-C Bonds via Catalytic Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation
Abstract Host: Andrew Harned
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Special Seminar
Assistant Professor Chris Beaudry (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Oregon State University, Corvalis Oregon
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Synthesis of Natural Products with Conformational Chirality
Abstract Host: Christopher Douglas
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Dow Lecture Series
Assistant Professor JR Schmidt (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
First-Principles Force Fields from Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory
Abstract Host: Laura Gagliardi
Friday, April 4, 2014
AbbVie Workshop Series
Professor Hung-Wen "Ben" Liu (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas, Austin TX
Time: 4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Studies of SpnF-catalyzed [4+2]-cycloaddition in the biosynthesis of spinosyn A
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Student Seminar Series
Professor Jacqueline K. "JK" Barton (web page)
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Abstract Host: Anna Komor
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dow Lecture Series
Professor Ramesh Jasti (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Boston University, Boston MA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
The Bottom-Up Organic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
Abstract Host: Christopher Douglas
Monday, April 14, 2014
Special Seminar
Professor Katarzyna Błażewska
Technical University of Lodz, Lodz Poland
Time: 3:30 PM
Room: 101J Smith Hall
Synthesis & Biological Characterization of Novel Phosphonocarboxylate RabGGTase Inhibitors
Abstract Host: Mark Distefano
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Special Seminar
Jared Piper, Ph.D. (web page)
Principal Research Scientist
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis Indiana
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Process Research and Development of 2-Aryl Substituted Pyrrolidines
Host: Andrew Harned
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Squire J. Booker (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Penn State, University Park PA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
A Radical Strategy for Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanistic Dissection of a Novel Post-Transcriptional Modification of 23S rRNA
Abstract Host: Lawrence Que Jr.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Eric Dane, Ph.D.
Departments of Chemistry & Biomedical Engineering
Boston University, Boston MA
Time: 4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Novel Bioinspired Carbohydrate Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioactivity Studies
Abstract Host: William Tolman
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Bayer Lecture in Sustainability
Professor George Huber (web page)
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI
Time: 7 PM
Room: 100 Bell Museum
Renewable Plastics: Step One in Breaking Our Oil Addiction
Abstract Host: Marc Hillmyer
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Shana Kelley (web page)
Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Toronto, Ontario Canada
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Detection Using Nanostructured Metals
Abstract Host: Valerie Pierre
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Albert J. Moscowitz Lecture
Professor Frank Neese (web page)
Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Insights into Biological Energy Conversion in Photosystem II from a Combination of Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Abstract Host: Christopher Cramer
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Shelley Minteer (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Enzymatic and Mitochondrial Bioelectrocatalysis for Energy Conversion Applications
Abstract Host: Christy Haynes
Friday, May 2, 2014
AbbVie Workshop Series
Professor Gary Molander (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Time: 4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
A Novel Mechanistic Paradigm for Cross-Coupling
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Student Seminar Series
Professor David Nesbitt (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
From Single Molecule RNA Folding to Single Nanoparticle Plasmonics: The Beauty of One at a Time
Abstract Host: Melissa Baudhuin & Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Etter Lecture
Professor Paul Weiss (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Cooperative Function in Atomically Precise Nanoscale Assemblies
Abstract Host: Timothy Lodge
Friday, August 8, 2014
Special Seminar
Professor James Herndon (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
Time: 4 PM
Room: 117/119 Smith Hall
Design of Novel Multicomponent Cycloadditions Using Conjugated Furans and Pyrroles
Abstract Host: Steven Kass
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Laura Gagliardi (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Gas Separation and Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Abstract
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Assistant Professor Connie Lu (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Harnessing Metal-Metal Bonds: Redox Properties and Small-Molecule Reactivity
Abstract
Monday, September 15, 2014
Special Seminar
Professor Omar Farha (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Time: 4 PM
Room: 402 Walter Library
Functional Metal-Organic Framework Materials: Design, New Synthesis Methods, and Processing
Abstract Host: Laura Gagliardi
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Special Seminar
Professor Rik Tykwinski (web page)
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Material
University Erlangen, Nuremberg Germany
Time: 4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Cumulenes, Polyynes, and Rotaxanes for the Study of Carbyne
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor Lee Penn (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Nanoparticles in Reactive Liquid Media
Abstract
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Special Seminar
Assistant Professor Matthew Whited (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Carleton College, Northfield MN
Time: 4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Exploiting Metal/Ligand Cooperation with Cheap (Si) and Expensive (Rh) Elements
Abstract Host: Connie Lu
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor Jennifer Ogilvie (web page)
Department of Physics & Biophysics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Shedding New Light on Photosynthesis
Abstract Host: Renee Frontiera
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Professor Reginald Penner (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Biosensors for Early Cancer Detection Based Upon Electrical Interfaces to Virus Particles
Abstract Host: Philippe Buhlmann
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor Christine Payne (web page)
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Nanoparticle-Cell Interactions: Importance of Protein Structure
Abstract Host: Christy Haynes
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor Xiaosong Li (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington, Seattle WA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Time-Dependent Electronic Structure Theory: Excitonic, Charge-Transfer, and Spin Dynamics
Abstract Host: Jiali Gao
Friday, October 24, 2014
AbbVie Workshop Series
Professor Guido Pauli (web page)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
University of Illinois, Chicago IL
Time: 4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Orthogonality Unravels Metabolomic and Residually Complex Chemistry
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Student Seminar Series
Associate Professor Katherine "Kallie" Willets (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas, Austin TX
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Super-Resolution Imaging of Plasmonic Nanostructures
Abstract Host: Sarah Gruba
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Assistant Professor Jennifer Schomaker (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of new Cu- and Ag-Catalyzed Transformations
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Friday, October 31, 2014
Special Seminar
Assistant Professor Mircea Dincă (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Time: 4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Redox Reactivity and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks
Abstract Host: Connie Lu
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor Marina Guenza (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Oregon, Eugene OR
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Thermodynamic Consistency and Other Challenges in Coarse-Graining Models
Abstract Host: Ilja Siepmann
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor Stephen Maldonado (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
New Frontiers in Semiconductor Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Liquid-Liquid-Solid (ec-LLS) Crystal Growth
Abstract Host: Wayne Gladfelter
Monday, November 17, 2014
Special Seminar
Associate Professor Jonathan Lai (web page)
Department of Biochemistry
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx NY
Time: 4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Envelope Glycoproteins of Ebola and Marburg Viruses: Structure, Mechanism, and Inhibition with Synthetic Antibodies
Abstract Host: Erin Carlson & Will Pomerantz
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Associate Professor David McCamant (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Probing Ultrafast Photochemistry with Femtosecond Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy
Abstract Host: David Blank
Friday, November 21, 2014
AbbVie Workshop Series
Professor Rick Danheiser (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Time: 4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
New Cycloaddition Strategies Based on Strained and Unusual Molecules
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Departmental Seminar
James McKone, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Two-Dimensional Semiconductors for Solar Energy Storage
Abstract Host: James Johns
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Charles Yeung, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Catalysis with Transition Metals and Chiral Hydrogen Bond Donors: C–H Activation, Olefin Halogenation, Indoline Synthesis, and In Silico Protease Design
Abstract Host: Marc Hillmyer & Ian Tonks
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Joseph Topczewski, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Synthesis of Schweinfurthin Natural Products and the Promise of C-H Activation
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Monday, December 15, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Keary Engle, Ph.D.
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 402 Walter Library
Ligand Design in Transition Metal Catalysis: Advances in C–H Activation and Olefin Metathesis
Abstract Host: Will Pomerantz
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Departmental Seminar
Ming Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley CA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Allylation
Abstract Host: Christopher Douglas